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YouTube Has Removed Trump’s CPAC Speech. So Here It Is, In Full…

Google-owned YouTube has memory-holed the entire CPAC speech of the former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. In a stunningly authoritarian move, the Chinese Communist-linked corporation (which hosts…

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Analysis

WATCH: President Trump Explains Brilliance of Tax Cut Bill at CPAC

Last week, I was fortunate enough to be among the ‘fake news’ press pool covering the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. As always, the American…

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Politics

CPAC Straw Poll Results: Who Won? Who Lost?

Every year, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) concludes with a straw poll. In past years, during President George W. Bush’s second term and President Barack Obama’s two terms, the…

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Politics

Adoption Policy Takes Center Stage at Important CPAC Panel

Amidst a crowded Day One schedule, CPAC yesterday afternoon featured an important panel called “Adoption: Every Child Deserves a Strong Family,” moderated by John Eddy, a board member of the…

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Politics

White House Chiefs Bannon, Priebus “Clash” at CPAC

In what could only be described as anti-climatic, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon joined Chairman of the American Conservative Union Matt…

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Conservative, College Student Silenced on Campus

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Culture

Are You a Conservative College Student? You Have Rights.

If you are a student on a college campus, there’s a very high likelihood you’re having your free speech rights violated — especially if you’re a conservative. Yesterday, on the…

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Ben Carson Bows Out of GOP Race

This evening at CPAC, Dr. Ben Carson officially suspended his — now quixotic — quest for the presidency, stating that he would be “leaving the campaign trail.” Despite leading several…

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Donald Trump Opts Out of CPAC

After Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate, CPAC would have been a perfect opportunity for Donald Trump to change the primary conversation. Sadly for conference-goers, the front runner won’t be present. In…

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Chris Christie Has Common Core Implementation Regrets

Laura Ingraham at CPAC pressed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on his previous support of Common Core and responsibility bringing it into his state. She asked if he had regrets, and in…

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CPAC Winners and Losers

The 2015 CPAC Straw Poll results were announced on Saturday. Nobody was too surprised by the winner. Senator Rand Paul won for the third year in a row with 25.7…

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Jeb Bush Talks Common Core at CPAC

During his Q&A session with Sean Hannity at CPAC on February 27th, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was asked about his stance on education, and specifically on Common Core. The…

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Bush Endorses Stripping Federal Government of Role in Curriculum

At CPAC, Jeb Bush was asked by Sean Hannity if Common Core was a federal takeover. He responded “no” and then amended his answer to “it shouldn’t be”: With this President…

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Analysis

CPAC Poll: 58% Say Common Core Support a Dealbreaker

As part of the CPAC presidential straw poll, the conservative activists attending were asked what issues they would consider a deal breaker. Fifty-eight percent said they could not vote for a…

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Ben Carson Criticizes Common Core at CPAC

During the Q&A portion of his CPAC remarks on February 26th, Dr. Ben Carson was asked about his views on education and Common Core. His response was: “I think, as…

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Santorum: “Pro-Freedom, Pro-Family, Pro-Growth, and Also Pro-Worker”

Sen. Rick Santorum’s CPAC speech carved out a niche for himself as the Blue Collar Conservative, the champion of the ‘little guy.’ Santorum called on the GOP to be “pro-freedom,…

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Rand Paul’s One-legged Stool

Rand Paul managed to give a speech without mention of Common Core, abortion, or gay marriage. This lacuna was most obvious when Paul attacked judicial activism, but the only case…

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Trump Bashes Bush on Common Core

Speaking at CPAC, Donald Trump said Mitt Romney lost a race he should have won and implied Jeb Bush would be a similar candidate. He also came out against the…

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Scott Walker Takes up Cruz’s Challenge

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) loaded for…Ted Cruz. Speaking a few minutes after the Texas Senator, Governor Walker responded to Cruz’s riff about…

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Monetary Policy Shrinking Middle Class

At a CPAC panel on Thursday, APP’s executive director Terry Schilling told GOP candidates to look to monetary policy to explain the average family’s shrinking paycheck: “The demand for digital…

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